Desire (1946)
Paola, a Milan call girl, returns home to her village in the Abruzzi mountains in an attempt to go straight. Rejected by her father, blackmailed by a former lover, and lusted after by her brother-in-law, she turns to her beloved sister for support. Denied succor, like so many of Rossellini’s isolated figures, Paola awaits the arrival of her fiancé, who has offered her a new start, but instead decides that life is untenable.
Directors:
Marcello Pagliero, Roberto Rossellini.
Writers:
Giuseppe De Santis, Roberto Rossellini, Diego Calcagno, Rosario Leone, Marcello Pagliero, Guglielmo Santangelo.
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Massimo Girotti as Nando Mancini |
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Carlo Ninchi as Giovanni Mirelli |
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Elli Parvo as Paola Previtali |
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Roswita Schmidt as Anna Previtali Mancini |
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Lia Corelli as Elena |
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Francesco Grandjacquet as Riccardo |
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Jucci Kellerman as Lia |
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Spartaco Conversi as |
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Giovanna Scotto as Elvira Previtali, Paola and Anna's Mother |
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Astorre Pederzoli as (uncredited) |
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Tito Rinaldi as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Marcello Pagliero | Director |
| Directing | Roberto Rossellini | Director |
| Writing | Giuseppe De Santis | Screenplay |
| Camera | Rodolfo Lombardi | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ugo Lombardi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Marcello Pagliero | Editor |
| Writing | Roberto Rossellini | Screenplay |
| Art | Virgilio Marchi | Production Design |
| Production | Silvio Lodi | Production Manager |
| Writing | Diego Calcagno | Screenplay |
| Sound | Renzo Rossellini | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Rosario Leone | Screenplay |
| Production | Renzo De Bonis | Production Manager |
| Writing | Anna Benvenuti | Original Story |
| Writing | Marcello Pagliero | Screenplay |
| Writing | Guglielmo Santangelo | Screenplay |
| Production | Federico D'Avack | Producer |
| Production | Franco Magli | Producer |
| Production | Marcello Pagliero | Producer |
| Production | Roberto Rossellini | Producer |
| Directing | Giulio Petroni | First Assistant Director |
